BiodivERsA new leaflet now available!
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BiodivERsA Newsletter 10 (December 2011) available!
& learn more about the procedures to apply to our call “Conservation and restoration of degraded ecosystems and their biodiversity“ This issue includes: An update on the BiodivERsA Call on ecosystem services results and the current Call on biodiversity dynamics as well as a focus on the common rolling agenda established last June. In addition,…
LinkTree – International innovation
Publication now online about the LinkTree project funded by the BiodivERsA call 2008. Link to the publication Link to all LinkTree publications
BMBF-Research Programme “Sustainable Land Management”
Global and regional change poses a major challenge for science, economy, policy and society as a whole… Addressing climate change, conflicts between food and energy supplies, biodiversity loss, demographic shifts and intensive land transformation requires innovative and regionally adaptive solutions. The research programme “Sustainable Land Management”, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and…
RACE mapping project
Funded by the BiodivERsA call of 2008, the RACE project now has a well established and live mapping project for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, as well as a blog and several other features allowing Check it out here: http://www.bd-maps.eu/index.php For more information on the RACE project, click here. For more information on the BiodivERsA2008 call, click here.
Article on the VITAL project in International Innovation
VITAL: Ecosystem serVIce provision from coupled planT and microbiAL functional diversity in managed grasslands An interview of Dr. Sandra Lavorel, from the BiodivERsA-funded project VITAL, has been published in the International Innovation review, together with a 2 page article on the project. To access the .pdf version, pleae click here. To access the VITAL website,…
Launch of the BiodivERsA call 2011-2012
When 2011-11-01 00:00 to 2012-02-17 00:00 Location Secretariat of the Call – Estonian Science Foundation (ETF) Address Tallinn Estonia Biodiversity dynamics: developing scenarios, identifying tipping points, and improve resilience For more information about BiodivErsA’s third joint call, please click here.
BiodivERsA 2011-2012 Joint call now launched!
BiodivERsA Pan-European call for international research proposals on biodiversity dynamics: developing scenarios, identifying tipping points and improving resilience The BiodivERsA “Pan-European call for international research proposals on biodiversity dynamics: developing scenarios, identifying tipping points and improving resilience” has been published on the project website. Click here to access the call pages. Altogether, 10 countries have…
BioMarKs publications in Nature
BioMarKs: Biodiversity of Marine Eukaryotes The BioMarKs project, funded by the 2008 BiodivERsA call, has recently published two articles in the journal Nature. To access these articles, please follow the links below: – Discovery of novel intermediate forms redefines the fungal tree of life – Sensitivity of coccolithophores to carbonate chemistry and ocean acidification
Need to integrate Biodiversity into the Key Sectors
Europe must grasp the true value of biodiversity Source: European Environment Agency (EEA) Apr. 28, 2009 Europe clears forests, ploughs fields, drains wetlands and builds cities and roads, often at the expense of natural ecosystems. But how much does our current consumption and production affect the integrity of ecosystems? How much and how fast is…